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US Plant Patent PP12863

Miriela

MacIntosh apple variety named ‘Miriela’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 21, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 6, 2020. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12863, the photograph of Miriela printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12863, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12863
Filed
October 6, 2000
Granted
August 20, 2002
Expires
October 21, 2020
Assignee
JANKET MICHAEL L
Inventor
CROOKE RICHARD K

Abstract

The ‘Miriela’ variety of MacIntosh apple tree is characterized by a later fruit maturity date, harder texture, slower ripening/softening rate, lower flesh ethylene level, and strong resistance to pre-harvest drop.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of MacIntosh apple tree named ‘Miriela’ substantially as illustrated and described, which displays a later fruit maturity date, harder texture, slower ripening/softening rate, lower flesh ethylene level, and strong resistance to pre-harvest drop.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12863 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.